Removing Rust From Van Floor

[steamjam1]

Where do you get it?

Ebay.

 

[happyhourtx]

hey guys! long time lurker here. I have some smallish rust on my van floor. ive been reading your methods on fixing it. Just wanted to double check before i start if it will work for the rust issue i have. order of steps and stuff. Thanks again for the wealth of information there is here.

 

[PineyCruisin]

I'm sure there are more qualified experts here but I've done my fair share of body work through the years starting with a 15 yr rusty Dodge Dart I inherited from my father when I was 17 (many many moons ago)...and ending with a 99 Jeep Wrangler I presently own.

And with that limited experience and from the pictures you've posted it appears you have more than just surface rust issues (which I believe what the OP of this thread had). Again, I'm only going from the pictures and can't tell what the actual size of the rusted area is but it looks as though you have a bit more extensive body work to do than what this thread was discussing.

If this were my floor, and if I believe the area is a large as I believe from the pictures you posted, I would be doing some major body work to stop any further corrosion than merely sanding and applying a corrosion-resistant barrier product. That would start with removing completely any metal around the hole (which would make those little holes one large hole)  that have even a tiny bit of rust and then welding a new metal sheet around the open area. If the holes are indeed smaller than it looks from the pictures, you may get away with some other type of reinforcement that can merely be applied. Fortunately, because it is the floor and will be covered and not on the body where the weld will be seen, it wouldn't take a lot more body work afterwards to make it look good (ie, spackling, grinding, smoothing).

Again....I did not do this professionally but holes to me are always a different animal to attack  than merely surface rust.

 

[highdesertranger]

rust is like an ice berg you only se 5-10% of it. highdesertranger

 

[steamjam1]

hey guys! long time lurker here. I have some smallish rust on my van floor. ive been reading your methods on fixing it. Just wanted to double check before i start if it will work for the rust issue i have. order of steps and stuff. Thanks again for the wealth of information there is here.

Yep, thats cut out, treat, weld in new metal kinda rust.

 

[baatzy]

Thanks.  I will try this before using the Corroseal product.

I am looking at doing the same thing.  Did you end up using Corroseal?  How did it work for you?

Thanks,

 

[DKNZ]

First clean the rust on your campervan, protect with special rust product, clean carefully again and repaint.

Good luck